Poland considered placing at least two U.S. divisions necessary for the defense

Poland considered placing at least two U.S. divisions necessary for the defense

The Minister of defence of Poland considers that in the country for defense and to confront external threats, you must place at least two U.S. divisions. Earlier, the Polish Parliament decided to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.

The Minister of defence of Poland, Anthony Macierewicz said that the country needs more U.S. military to protect it. An interview with him publishes Wpolytice.

“From the point of view of self-defense of Poland must be to order more, definitely more than two divisions was Macarevich to a journalist’s question about how Poland needs the US military. In one division of the US national average may be around 15 thousand.

Macierewicz added that his words “do not signify that we discussed these numbers, or is this question considered”.

He also commented that Poland increases spending on the army. These tools are “necessary” in order to “confront the threats,” said Macierewicz. Additional funding will be spent on upgrading ACS “Crab” and a missile defense system, “Wisla”.

In September, the Polish Parliament approved an increase in defense spending. The document requires by 2020 to increase defense spending to 2.1% of GDP in 2020 to at least 2.5% of GDP. NATO does not require non-bloc countries to spend on defense more than 2%.

Macarevich then explained the extension of expenditure on the army response to the “threat from the East”. Russia “uses force to achieve its political goals,” he said.